TERRORISM: COMMENTARY ON SECURITY DOCUMENTS VOLUME 123 Global Stability and U.S. National Security

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on the worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Among the documents collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and case law covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of the law.

Volume 123, Global Stability and U.S. National Security, includes documents that illuminate instability concerns in key regions of the world and offer insights into how the lack of stability negatively affects U.S. interests, as well as the interests of other nations. The documents selected by Douglas Lovelace include primarily studies of instability concerns in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as a document providing a general assessment of global stability and reports on Southeast and Central Asia and Latin America.

GLOBAL STABILITY AND U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY

Preface

Introduction

A. OVERVIEW OF THREATS TO GLOBAL STABILITY

Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.

DOCUMENT NO. 1: Statement for the Record on the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, February 10, 2011

DOCUMENT NO. 2: Al Qaeda and Affiliates: Historical Perspective, Global Presence, and Implications for U.S. Policy, CRS Report R41070, John Rollins, January 25, 2011

B. INSTABILITY IN LATIN AMERICA

Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.

DOCUMENT NO. 3: Latin America: Terrorism Issues, CRS Report RS21049, Mark P. Sullivan, February 23, 2011

C. INSTABILITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.

DOCUMENT NO. 4: Terrorism in Southeast Asia, CRS Report RL34194, Bruce Vaughn et al., October 16, 2009

D. INSTABILITY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.

DOCUMENT NO. 5: Central Asian Security Trends: Views from Europe and Russia, Stephen Blank, ed., Strategic Studies Institute, April 19, 2011

E. INSTABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.

DOCUMENT NO. 6: The Middle East: Selected Key Issues and Options for the 112th Congress, CRS Report R41556, Casey L. Addis et al., January 3, 2011

DOCUMENT NO. 7: Egypt in Transition, CRS Report RL33003, Jeremy M. Sharp, March 29, 2011

DOCUMENT NO. 8: Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations, CRS Report RL33533, Christopher M. Blanchard, March 10, 2011

DOCUMENT NO. 9: Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, CRS Report RL32048, Kenneth Katzman, April 7, 2011

DOCUMENT NO. 10: Turkey-U.S. Defense Cooperation: Prospects and Challenges, CRS Report R41761, Jim Zanotti, April 8, 2011

DOCUMENT NO. 11: Syria: Issues for the 112th Congress and Background on U.S. Sanctions, CRS Report RL33487, Jeremy M. Sharp, March 28, 2011

DOCUMENT NO. 12: Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations, CRS Report RL34170, Jeremy M. Sharp, March 22, 2011

DOCUMENT NO. 13: Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy, CRS Report 95-1013, Kenneth Katzman, March 21, 2011

DOCUMENT NO. 14: Middle East and North Africa Unrest: Implications for Oil and Natural Gas Markets, CRS Report R41683, Michael Ratner and Neelesh Nerurkar, March 10, 2011

Subject Index